ORIENTALIA MONSPELIENSIA IXCENTRE D'EGYPTOLOGIE FRANCOIS DAUMAS

INSTlTUT D'EGYPTOLOGIE - UPRES-A 5052 DU CNRS

Etudes sur

l'Ancien Empireet

la necropole de Saqqaradediees aJean-Philippe Lauer

reunies parCatherine BERGER et Bernard MATHIEU

pubIh~es avec Ie concours de l'URA 995 du CNRS

1997UNIVERSITE PAUL VALERY - MONTPELUER III

Aquarelle de Jean-Philippe Lauer.

Sommaire

TomeI

Sommaire............ III-IV

Preface de Pierre HUNT, Ambassadeur de France... V-VI

Bibliographie dejean-Philippe LAUER...... IX-XVIII

ABOU~HAZI Dia'...... ..... Objects in the Egyptian Museum from the Worksof Jean-Philippe Lauer at Saqqara...... 1-10

ALTENMOLLER Hartwig... Der Grabherr des Alten Reiches in seinem Palast des Jenseits.Bemerkungen zur sag. PrunkscheintUr des Alten Reiches............... 11-19

ANDREU Guillemette........ La fausse-porte de Nykare, Cleveland Museum of Art 64.91 21-30

ARNOLD Dieter... ... ... ...... The Late Period Tombs of Hor-Khebit, Wennefer and WereshneferatSaqqara 31-54

AUFRERE Sydney... Une necropole ptolemaique de taureaux Apis visitee en 1716par Paul Lucas et Claude Sicard? Au sujet d'un dessin rapportepar Ie voyageur suedois Henri Benzel (1689-1758) et envoyeaBernard de Montfaucon 55-68

BAUD Michel... Aux pieds de Djoser. Les mastabas entre fosse et enceintede la partie nord du complexe funeraire...... 69-'07

BEAUX Nathalie... ... ... ... .. Le mastaba de Ti aSaqqara. Architecture de la tombeet orientation des personnages figures... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 89-98

BERLANDINI Jocelyne... ... Contribution aux "Princes du Nouvel Empire aMemphis".Le prince Thoutmes, fils d'Amenhotep III.Le prince Senakhtenamon, fils de Ramses II.............................. 99-112

BICKELSusanne............. Heliopolis et Ie tribunal des dieux 113-122

BRESCIANI Edda... ... .. . .... L'Agathodemon aSaqqara... ... ... .. . . .. ... ... .. . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. . ... 123-127

COUR-MARTY M-A........ Les poids inscrits de l'Ancien Empire... 129-145

DEWAClITERMichel........ Les recueils d'autographes et I'histoire de I'egyptologie 147-153

DOBREV Vassil............... Apropos d'une statue fragmentaire du roi Menkaouretrouvee aAbou Rawash... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 155-166

EDWARDS I.E.S. t........... An Exploration of the Pyramids of Dahshur and Gizadirected by Robert Wood in 1750............... 167-175

FISCHER Henry G.... Quelques particuliers enterres aSaqqara... 177-189

GIDDY Lisa...... A Saqqara Square: two and a half millenia in 30 x 30 metres........... 191-198

GODRON Gerard............. Les rois de la Ire dynastie chez Manethon.................................. 199-211

GRANDEr Pierre............. Une stele d'Amenmose, fils de Paouia..................................... 213-219

GUILHOU Nadine............ Les parties du corps humain dans la pyramide d'Ounas,lecture rituelle et valeur symbolique................... 221-231

GUILHOU Nadine,MATHIEU Bernard... Cent dix ans d'etude des Textes des Pyramides. Bibliographie... 233-244

HAWASS zahy... ...... ... ... The Discovery of the Harbors of Khufu and Khafre at Giza... ... ... ... 245-256

HELAL-DIREf Amal......... Le lotus: renouvellement et projection vers I'avenir...... 257-261

Tome 2

LABROUSSE Audran... ...... Un bloc decore du temple funeraire de la mere royale Neferhetepes... 263-270

LECLANTJean,BERGER Catherine... ... ... .. Les textes de la pyramide de Teti. Etat des travaux... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 271-277

MARTIN Geoffrey T.... "Covington's Tomb" and Related Early Monuments at Giza 279-288

MATHIEU Bernard... ... ..... La fonction du serdab dans la pyramide d'Ounas. L'architecturedes appartements funeraires royaux it la lumiere des Textesdes Pyramides.................................................................. 289-304

MINAULT-GOUT Anne...... Sur les vases jubilaires et leur diffusion............ 305-314

MORAN Marguerite... Le pilier ioun et la lune , 315-325

EL-NAGGAR Salah...... Les vofites it intrados it godrons 327-339

PANTALACCI Laure... ... ... De Memphis it Balat : les liens entre la Residenceet les gouverneurs de I'oasis it la VIe dynastie............... 341-349

PARSCHLuc... ... ...... ...... A' d t't ~ tt'b " Imh t 351-354propos u 1 re ~ a n ue a 0 ep ..

PIERRE Isabelle... Les signes relatifs it I'homme dans les Textes des Pyramides.Quelques particularites et graphies inhabituelles, jeux graphiqueset fautes d'orthographe........................................................ 355-362

REBINGUET Murielle... ... .. Quelques reOexions sur les pyramidions de pyramides royales... ... ... 363-377

SMITH Harry S.... Uncharted Saqqara: an Essay................................................ 379-393

SOUROUZIAN HourigSTADELMANN Rainer......

SWEUMNabil... .

VALLOGGIA Michel... ......

La statue de Ny-ankh-netjer, un nouveau document de la periodearchai'que it Saqqara... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. . .. 395-404

The Pyramid Court and Temenos Wall of Khafre 405-415

La descenderie de la pyramide de Radjedef it Abu Rawash 417-428

VERCOUTTER Jean... . Min / Menes et Ie "barrage" de Memphis ,. 429-432

VERNER Miroslav... ... ... ... Setting the Axis: an Ancient Terminus Technicus... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 433-436

VERNUS Pascal............... Le vizir Ptahhotep et Ie balancier 437-443

WISSA Myriam... ... ... ... ... A. propos du sarcophage de Sekhemkhet... . 445-448

WUTTMANN Michel......... La restauration des parois des appartements funeraires de la pyramidede Pepy Ier it Saqqara. .. ... ... ... . .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. . . .. .. 449-460

ZIEGLER Christiane... ... ... Sur quelques vases inscrits de I'Ancien Empire... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 461-489

ZIVIE-COCHE Christiane... Un sarcophage tardif it Saqqara '" .. , 491-494

Etudes sur ['Ancien Empireet la necropole de Saqqara

dediees aJean-Philippe LauerOrMonsp IX, 1997, p. 245-256

The Discovery of the Harborsof Khufu and Khafre at Giza *

Zahi HAWASSDirecteur general de GIza et Saqqilra

Excavations in front of the Sphinx temple proved the existence of a harborconnected with the pyramid of Khafre at Giza. Moreover, during the construction of anapartment buildings on the east side of Zaghloul Street a limestone basalt wall, 650 m.south of Pyramids Road in Nazlet el-Samman (where Zaghloul Street bends slightlynorthwest) was discovered. It is interpreted to be a part of the harbor of Khufu.

Previous Archaeological Research.

An archaeological survey undertaken by G. Goyon showed the existence of portsclose to pyramids dating to the Old Kingdom. 1 East of the Senn el-Agouz at Giza,Goyon found an outer casing of limestone built in steps which were badly affected bywater. He assumed that this was connected with the harbor of Khufu,2 thereby confir­ming earlier statements of scholars concerning harbors in front of the Old Kingdomvalley temples. 3 Recent excavations in front of the lower temple of Khafre revealedthat a tunnel under ramps was built to preserve the water4 Goyon also investigated thearea around the Old Kingdom pyramids and found that harbors could be located in frontof those of Menkaure, Unas and Pepy II, but no archaeological evidence confirms thishypothesis. 5

I. The Harbor of Khafre's Pyramid.

In 1980, our excavations in front of the Sphinx temple proved the existence of aharbor at the Giza necropolis. 6 At this time a small square (7 m. x 8 m.) was located inthe bedrock. A vertical ledge running east to west was cut into the bedrock 21 m. eastof the northeast comer of the Sphinx temple. This was 7 m. east of a crude unfinishedtomb cut into the ledge and just beside a lamp box of the sound and light installation.When the loose sand and refuse was cleared of the surface, a layer of packed limestoneand sand debris was exposed, containing the conical bases of crude redware jars, pots,and some sherds of burnished redware dated to the Old Kingdom? This depositappears to be similar to one found during the excavations in the northeast comer of theSphinx sanctuary; no further work was continued in this square. 8

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The other important square was surveyed 36 m. east of the Sphinx temple. Thearchaeological sequence of this area was noted, and two probes were cut down to thebedrock in the southwest and northeast corners of the square. The north east probe,located at a higher surface level, went down to about 9 m. of level 2 of the square. Theelevation of the floor in the two probes was 6.57 to 6.60 m. After we finished the workon that square, the Institute of Underground Water (Ministry of Irrigation) began a coredrilling 20 m. further to the east and slightly southwest of our square. A pit 1.5 m. x1.6 m. was dug for anchoring the drill rig to a depth of 1.7 m. This went through loosegray sand (modern) to loose clean sand with scattered limestone fragments. A basketfull of sherds was collected, many of which contained fragments of burnished red warebowls quite possibly dated to the Old Kingdom. However, there were other potteryfragments that clearly belonged to Roman amphorae. Two large alabaster fragments aswell were found in this pit.

The probes in the excavated square went through 2.29 m. to 3.4 m. of deposit to thelevelled bedrock floor, and the core drill itself went through about 16 m. of depositbefore hitting a solid surface. This must indicate that in the 20 m. between the squareand the drill there is a subsurface drop-off to the bedrock which is at least 12.21 m.deep.9 It is desirable to know the limits of this drop-off to the north and south for thetopography of the area, as it might indicate the edge of an Old Kingdom harbor or quay.Butzer has cited indirect evidence of cut-stone revetments, large piers, and extensive,artifical basins on the desert edge between GIza and Abousir. He pointed out that adepth of the flood waters of less than 1.5 m. would have been too shallow for systema­tic navigation by loaded boats for the duration of the high Nile (about 6 weeksmaximum). 10

The cultural topography of the Sphinx complex reveals that this part of the plateauwas quarried into a series of terraces. The drop-off in the bedrock indicated by the1980 excavation and core drilling may reveal the edge of the lowest and easternmostterrace, a continuation of that upon which the Sphinx temple is founded. If this wasformed early in the construction of the GIza pyramids, it would have served as a mainquay for a deep water harbor at the lowest point of the Moqqatam outcrop, where thebedrock strata being exploited meet the general level of the flood plain at a natural dipto the east south-east (about 6 degrees).

The core drilling was placed about 68 m. to the east of the Sphinx temple facade.About 320 m. to the south there is a large limestone wall known as "Heit el-Ghorab",the "Wall of the Crow"Il It has been suggested that this wall was built about the sametime as the Khafre's lower temple as a southern limit to the necropolis. 12 The wall runsan additional 147 m. east of the position of the core drill. In 1948 excavations underthe wide gate built into this wall, were taken down to a depth of 5 m. below the bases ofthe monolithic slabs spanning the gate, at which point Nile mud wet with subsoil waterwas encountered. 13 S. Hassan reported that test trenches along the south side of the wallexposed a pavement upon a bed of limestone rubble. 14 It is still not clear whether thismassive wall is founded on bedrock. In any case, its position suggests that a harbor infront of the Sphinx and lower temples turned into the area from some access to the east,

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perhaps through a large canal. Thus Goyon's suggestion of a fairly large harbor fron­ting the lower temples of Menkaure, Khentkawes, and Khafre merits more investiga­tion. 15 At the same time, if the drop-off to the bedrock, indicated by the 1980 probes isthe quay, then the waters did not advance so close to the temples as shown in hisreconstruction. It is therefore possible that the sunken panel of bedrock, along the westside of the Khafre's lower temple, served as an arm of the harbor as Goyon alsosuggested.

At the 16 m. depth the core drill was on a hard surface which could not be penetra­ted. From this depth, the pounders, in the form of a metal I-beam, brought up a piece ofred granite about 10 cm. broad. When the cylindrical sampler with a toothed end wasturned on the bottom of the hole, it scraped a hard surface and brought up small chipsand particles of red granite. They could be from granite blocks which fell over the edgeof the quarry during the IVth dyn. construction or a result of later robberies of theSphinx and the Khafre lower temple, since both structures were sheathed in granite.

It is possible that the harbor of the Giza necropolis began at the area of the drilling60 m. east of the Sphinx, which renders Goyon's reconstruction of a port stretchingbefore the lower temples of Khafre, Menkaure and Khenetkawes incorrect. 16 The onlysupport left for this theory is a quay which Fakhry mentions in front of the lower templeof Khafre. 17 M. Lehner, on the other hand, reconstructed a harbor directly in front ofthe lower temple of Khufu, and until further archaeological work has been done, thisremains the best possibility. 18

Other harbors may have been built after the time of Khufu. Lehner located one infront of the Sphinx where our excavations found the drop-off. He based the hypothe­tical size of this harbor on the measurements of the Birket Habu at Malkata, which is210 m. north to south and 350 m. east to west.l9 His main objection to Goyon'sreconstruction is that it brought the harbor into the area of Menkaure' s pyramid city20

In conclusion, the area east of the Sphinx is the most likely location of the harbor.However, we do not know what happened during the time of the inundation when thewater would have reached the lower temples21 The steps that Goyon found by thelower temple of Khufu could have served to protect the temple from the waters of theNile flood. If the water of the inundation reached the temple, this might have encou­raged the ancient Egyptians t'? deliver the Tureh limestone and Aswan granite duringthe flood period only.

Goyon reconstructed a canal in the western desert which would have served thelower temples 22 and named this the "Canal of Memphis". It would have run parallel tothe Nile and connected all the pyramid harbors. 23 The existence of a canal at Memphisdates back to the time of Narmer; it is mentioned by the Arab writers and existed untilNapoleon's expedition to Egypt. This canal served the Pyramid complexes fromHawara in the south to Abu-Rawwash in the north,24 and ran close to the harbor at Gizaas reconstructed by Goyon. 25 The recent survey at Memphis brought to light an alterna­tive against the theory of a "Grand Canal" running parallel to the Nile on the west andattaining about 2.5 krn. in length. 26

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The Nile in this case was close to the Pyramid sites, having later shifted to its currentlocation only gradually.27 I believe that it was not necessary for the ancient Egyptiansto cut this Grand Canal on the west if the Nile was closer to the pyramid sites in anti­quity. Therefore, the ancient Egyptians could have cut a canal from the nearby river toconnect it with the harbor discovered at Giza.

II. The Discovery of the Harbor of Khufu's Pyramid.

A wall was found under the foundation of some new buildings, the owner havingdestroyed about 25 m. of its length. When the Inspectorate of Antiquities at Giza foundout about this in December 1993, the work of the Arab Investment Company forHousing was stopped. 28 The wall was found in Saad Zaghloul Street (Nazlet el-Sessi).The Antiquities Department at Giza started excavations in the west of the wall but at thesame time permitted the company to continue their work. Excavations continued untilJanuary 1994, uncovering more portions of the wall but ground water and lack of syste­matic research did not reveal any definitive information. In February 1994, when I wasin charge of the Giza monuments, I wrote a report (May 1994) and stated the following:

1. The wall is located about 450 m. to the east of Bahr el-Lebini and about 550 m.from the recent location of the causeway [fig. 1].

2. The wall is a very important discovery; therefore, further construction work by thecompany should be stopped because this wall is a part of the architectural component ofthe pyramid complex of Khufu.

3. The Supreme Council of Antiquities has to add this property to Antiquities landand to require all further work of the company to be suspended.

4. A new law should be issued requiring that the area between the hotel of Siag andthe Pyramid site should be under the full control of the Antiquities Department. There­fore, any person who has a house and want to rebuilt it must get permission from theInspectorate of Antiquities at Giza.

The Permanent Committee agreed to all of these points and work was therefore sus­pended and excavation continued. Later, the owner of the company received permis­sion to continue the project. In June 1994, I presented another report and requested thata High Committee should come to the site to decide about the situation and state againthe importance of the site. The company continued the work and the Inspectorate ofAntiquities reported to the police all of their activities undertaken without Antiquitiespermission. The General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities appointed anew High Committee and decided that a modem wall around the old one would be builtin order to save the area and permit the company to continue the construction as well.

Description of the Wall.

The surface is about 17.01 to 17.02 m. above sea level. The wall is about 2 m.below surface, at about 15.00 m. above sea level. This general level corresponds withthe level of the basalt blocks that probably mark the location of the Khufu lower templeand with the level of the bottom of the large stone wall, the Heit el-Ghurab, south of theSphinx. The wall has been uncovered for the entire width of the modem lot that is

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about 65 m in a north-south direction [fig. 1].29 Toward the south side of the lot themodem builders scooped out the limestone and basalt blocks that compose the wall andpiled them nearby before any antiquities inspector had been notified of the discovery.The builders apparently removed the entire extant height of the wall when they re­moved it to pour in a cement foundation. It appears that only the base or foundation ispresent of a wall that was either built or was intended to be constructed. While the wallis generally straight and linear, neither side was finished with a straight edge or flatface. Both the lower limestone blocks and the basalt slabs lying upon them have veryirregular edges. In the pile of blocks that the modem builders took away we can seethat the stones are not squared. Indeed, they have the appearance of boulders, beingroughly squared. They vary in size but some are more than a meter thick and up to twometers in length [figs. 4-7]. The basalt blocks are found in irregular trapezodial shapes.The faces are probably the natural cleavage planes by which the ancient workmen sepa­rated the basalt blocks from the quarry. These blocks also vary in size but they can beas thick as 60 m. and more than a meter in length.

The basalt blocks form an irregular lining along either side of the limestone founda­tion. Toward the north end of the west side this lining is missing, thereby revealing thatthe west side of the lower limestone foundation is very irregular. The space betweenthe basalt linings seems to have been packed with limestone chips (this fill has alreadybeen removed by modem excavators). At the far north end of the east side there is asecond course of basalt slabs that may retain a trace of an original straight edge andouter face. The latter shows a slight batter or incline. In summary, the remains are pro­bably the foundation of a wall that may have been built up higher with inclined sidesformed with a casing of basalt or limestone and having a core of packed limestonechips. Pending further surveys, we can obtain a rough orientation of the wall bymeasuring the distances to the back comers of the modem lot and using these measure­ments to plot the position of the wall in the 1:5000 maps of the area. The east side ofthe north end is close to 32 m. from the northeast comer of the lot and the east side ofthe south end is about 56.60 m. from the southeast comer of the lot Hence, the wall isoriented slightly more than 19 degrees west of true north. It is interesting to note thatthis angle is close or roughly parallel to Zaghloul Street, which follows an old drainageditch or canal called Zerayet Zaghloul on the 1:5000 map, and to the north-south part ofthe old canal farther east called Collecteur el-Sissi. Could these have been part ofancient stream channels built for the flood recession itself?

The wall is also located east of a subtle yet wide depression that extends from thelocation where the basalt blocks were discovered beside the Mansoureyah canal. Theseslabs are thought to be part of the Khufu lower temple. This broad low area is definedby a contour line 18 m. above sea level, curving westward just in front of the hypothe­sized Khufu lower temple location30. The area thus defined extends 325 m. east-westand 550 m. north-south [see fig. 1 where the location of the lower temple and the dis­covered wall is indicated]. We should note that the floor within this area is 17.8 m. to17.9 m. above sea level - higher than the valley floor where the wall is found. Thedrop of 60 m. to 70 m. corresponds to Zaghloul Street But the area in question could

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be a residual depression from a harbor excavated out of land that was already low desertin dyn. IV. The hypothetical harbor might have filled with deift sand, while leaving atelltale slight depression, more inclined than the flood plain just to the east where thewall is founded. While certainly not a breakwater wall, this ancient construction couldhave served to delimit the Khufu harbor on the east. It should be noted that the wall isabout 450 m. west of the Lebeini channel which has been thought to be a vestige of anOld Nile channel. The area between the wall and the lower temple location could haveincluded both a harbor and a secondary Nile channel. Otherwise, it could have servedas a stream-discharge channel that remained filled with water longer than the generalflood plain when the annual inundation receded.

On July 14, 1992, just before the discovery of the wall, two rows of basalt blockswere found through the installation of a sewage system for the nearby villages [figs. 2­3]. 31 The removal of them revealed at least one layer of limestone blocks underneath onwhich the basalt rested. As water completely flooded the trench, it was impossible tolocate the full depth or extent of lower limestone masonry. However, it was clear thatthe underlying limestone was an artificial feature, constructed of blocks introduced intothe area and not part of a bedrock outcrop. Whitish grey sand was also present belowthe basalt blocks occuring in streaks in the grey clay beyond the basalt blocks; nopottery was found in the area.

The space between the two parallel rows of basalt blocks contained darker grey clayand limestone flakes and chips; some few basalt chips and flakes were also present.Indentical chippings were found adhering to the undersides of the basalt blocks whenthey were removed. The core of the basalt is of a dark charcoal grey-black color withgreenish grey-black surfaces. Natural fissures have caused surface deterioration and a"cobbled" effect can thus be noticed. This type of basalt is similar to blocks found inthe area of the lower temple of Khufu. On the undersides of the basalt blocks weremany limestone chips of tiny to medium size, basalt chips and also some rare brownquartzite ones. Figure 2 shows the location of the blocks, the lower temple, and thewall. Together, they suggest that the harbor existed in antiquity in front of the lowertemple of Khufu. The measurements of the recently discovered segment of the ancientwall can be listed since they indicate its exact location [figs. 1-2].

I: 490 m. east of the location of the lower temple of Khufu.II: 930 m. east of the upper edge of the Giza plateau.III: 1,270 m. east of the east side of Khufu Pyramid.IV: 110m. east of Zaghloul Street.V: 450 m. west of the Lebeini canal.VI: 270 m. west of the old canal, the Collecteur el-Sissi.VII: 400 m. north of Nazlet el-Sissi.VIII: 650 m. south of the Pyramid Road.

The wall could also have been part of a city wall, defining the settlement associatedwith the Khufu pyramid. According to our work in the area in 1992, portions of whatmight be the same wall were exposed in trenches associated with the AMBRIC sewage

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project and the Cheops pumping station (along Amirah Fadya Street). If this part of thewall runs east-west instead of north-south, it lends more weight to the possibility that itwas a city enclosure wall. It therefore could have defined the conglomeration of settle­ments on the higher ground that spreads out like two wings north and south of the endof the Khufu causeway embankment. The segment of the wall so far exposed isroughly perpendicular to the embankment of the Khufu causeway that projects from theSenn el-Agouz escarpment. It is not, however, perpendicular to the trajectory of thecauseway as reconstructed from masonry remains of the causeway itself exposed by theAMBRIC trenches.

If the ancient wall does maintain an orientation about 19 degrees west of true northfor another 400 m to the south, it leads right to the higher ground of Nazlet el-Sissi, thefocus of another conglomeration of ancient settlements (here, we might note that thisdirection is roughly perpendicular to Amirah Fadya Street.). The modem street mighthave followed the north side of a second large low area again defined by the 18 m.above sea level contour line. This depression is rectangular in shape, extending 200 m.between Amirah Fadya Street and an old canal that is the part of the Collecteur el-Sissithat runs roughly east-west (strictly, east-northeast and west-south west). Lehner hypo­thesized that this canal and another old drainage channel, the Collecteur Nazlet el­Batran, located farther south, could be vestiges of canals that fed the harbors of Khafreand Menkaure, or else the general delivery area at the low southeast comer of the Gizaplateau when the Khufu pyramid was under construction32

The second low area, which extends 400 m. from the Nazlet el-Sissi mound on theeast to the modem Mansouriyahcanal, is oriented to the general direction of the Sphinxand Khafre valley temples. However, the stratigraphy revealed by the AMBRIC trenchesand drilling may refute the suggestion that the depression is what only remains of theharbor of Khafre's pyramid. This generalized low area, in any case, may separate thetwo conglomerations of settlement remains to the north from that in the area of Nazletel-Batran to the south. The archaeological features and description of our work in thearea of the Sphinx square and the discovery of the ancient wall at Nazlet el-Sessi mayindicate that there was a harbor for each Pyramid [fig. 2]. The computer reconstructionof this wall showing the surface terrain model might also suggest that this wall is part ofthe harbor. Finally, its location at the lower temple on the west and to the east of theLebeini canal seems to indicate a harbor wall rather than a temenos for a city.

* Jean-Philippe Lauer is one of the most important architects and archaeologists in our time. Hehas dedicated all of his life to Saqqara and the restoration of the Step Pyramid complex. Oncean Egyptian friend of mine said if he believed in reincarnation, he would see Lauer as Imhotep.Dr. Lauer is loved by almost everyone in Egypt. We hoped to build a museum for the StepPyramid model, but there was objection to build a new structure near Djoser's pyramid. Acommittee chose another site at the entrance of Saqqara. I hope to see this building finished inDr. Lauer's lifetime. It is to Jean-Philippe Lauer that I dedicate this article.

1. G. GOYON, "Les Ports des pyramides et Ie Grand Canal de Memphis", RdE23, 1971, 137-153.

2. Ibid.; see also W. SCHENKEL, 'Hafen", I.A II, 926-928.

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3. A. FAKHRY, The Pyramids, 132; V. MARAGIOGLIO, C. RINALDI, L'Architettura dellepiramidi menfite V, Turin, Rapallo, 1966. On p. 88 the latter two scholars mention that therewas a platform connected with a north and south canal against Khafre's lower temple.

4. Publication of the work is not yet finished; see A. FAKHRY, The Pyramids, 132; G. GOYON,"Ports des pyramides", 141, fig. 1.

5. G. GOYON, op. cit., 143-145, figs. 3-5, and his Secret des bfitisseurs, 27, 139, fig. 2, 42-43.

6. See Z. HAWASS, M. LEHNER, Excavations North-East of the Sphinx (forthcoming).

7. G.A REISNER, W.S. SMITH, A History of the Giza Necropolis, II: The Tomb of Hetepheres,Mother ofCheops, Cambridge, Mass, 1955,70, fig. 85: Reisner's type A-IV.

8. Z. HAWASS and M. LEHNER, Excavations.

9. Z. HAWASS, The Funerary Establishments of Khuju, Khafra and Menkaura During the OldKingdom. PhD. Diss., Univ. of Pennsylvania, Univ. Microfilms, Ann Arbor, 1987, part I, 406­409, plan 23: the total depth of the drill hole, 16 m., niinus the depth of deposit from thesurface to the level of the bedrock terrace as found in the excavated square.

10. KW. BlITZER, Early Hydraulic Civilization in Egypt. Chicago, 1976,45-46.

11. Z. HAWASs, 'The Workmen's Community at Giza", in Haus und Palast (DAIK), 1992,59.

12. R STADELMAN, "La Ville de pyramide aI'Ancien Empire", RdE33, 1981,67-77.

13. DR ROSTEM, "Bridges in Ancient Egypt, with a Report on a Newly Discovered Bridge fromthe Old Kingdom, Giza", ASAE XLVIII, 1940, 167-177.

14. S. HASSAN, Excavations at Giza 11,42.

15. G. GOYON, op. cit., 137-153; id., Le Secret des bfitisseurs, 26, fig. 2, 136, fig. 42; 137 and139, fig. 43.

16. Ibid.

17. A. FAKHRY, The Pyramids, 132.

18. M. LEHNER, "The Development of Giza Necropolis: The Khufu Project", MDAlK 41, 1985,125-128, C 14.

19. Ibid., 133, C 18; for Malkata, see B. KEMP, D. O'CONNOR, "An Ancient Nile Harbor:University Museum Excavations at the Birket Habu", International Journal of NauticalArchaeology 3,1974,101-136 and 182. G. Goyon's reconstruction is larger; see his "Ports despyramides", 145, fig. 5, with Secret des bfitisseurs, 135 and 139, figs. 42,3.

20. M. LEHNER, "The Khufu Project", 126, fig. 3 C, n° 18; 133, C 18.

21. L. GRINSELL, Egyptian Pyramids, Gloucester, 1947, 108.

22. G. GOYON, "Les Ports des pyramides... ", 148.

23. Ibid.; cf. K BlITZER, Hydraulic Civilization, 46.

24. G. GOYON, op. cit., 148-153.

25. M. LEHNER, op. cit., 138, C 29; G. GOYON, Le Secret des bfitisseurs, 43, fig. 2.

26. HS. SMITH,D.G. JEfFREY, "A Survey of Memphis, Egypt", Antiquity 60, 1986,91, fig. 2.

27. Ibid., 94; see also K BlITZER, "Environment and Human Ecology in Egypt During Pre­dynastic and Early Dynastic Times", BSGE 32,1959,43-88.

28. I do not understand why the person who was responsible for Giza in Dec. 1993 did not beginany legal action against the company because according to the Antiquites Law 117 for 1983,they should be under penalty.

29. Dr. S. El-Naggar was involved in the architectural work of the wall and was assisted byarchitect Abdou EI-Hamied Kotb, Dir. of Engineering Dept. at Giza and Nevin EI-Magrabi.

30. Z. HAWASS, "Programs of the Royal Funerary Complexes of the Fourth Dynasty", in AncientEgyptian Kingship, eds. D. O'Connor and D. Silverman, E.J Brill, 1995,224-226.

31. The archaeological work was supervised by the Giza Inspectorate of Antiquities in co­operation with Michael Jones.

32. M. LEHNER, op. cit., 109-140.

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